Film: styles & Genres

'Ancient Rome at the Cinema' is a lucid study of the worlds created in Roman historical epics. Based on analysis of the visual and narrative fabric...

The Hollywood Action and Adventure Film presents a comprehensive overview and analysis of the history, myriad themes, and critical approaches to th...

The Hollywood Action and Adventure Film presents a comprehensive overview and analysis of the history, myriad themes, and critical approaches to th...

Mad movie ad collector Michael Gingold returns with Ad Nauseam II, a deep dive into his personal collection of horror movie newsprint notices from ...

Barry Forshaw celebrates with enthusiasm the British horror film and its fascination for macabre cinema. A definitive study of the genre, British G...

Barry Forshaw celebrates with enthusiasm the British horror film and its fascination for macabre cinema. A definitive study of the genre, British G...

At their peak, architectural marvels such as the Sagrada Família, the Tower of London, the MosqueCathedral of Córdoba, and the Eiffel tower, had a ...

The most recognizable fictional spy and one of the longest running film franchises, James Bond has inspired a host of other pop culture contributio...

In The Transmedia Construction of the Black Panther: Long Live the King, Bryan J. Carr explores and analyzes the evolution of the Black Panther cha...

This unique collection explores the complex issue of vigilantism, how it is represented in popular culture, and what is its impact on behavior and ...

Shadows. Smoke. Dark alleys. Rain-slicked city streets. These are iconic elements of film noir visual style. Long after its 1940s heyday, noir hall...

Shadows. Smoke. Dark alleys. Rain-slicked city streets. These are iconic elements of film noir visual style. Long after its 1940s heyday, noir hall...

This history of British and American television drama since 1970 charts the increased transnationalisation of the two production systems. From The ...

Fight Club is, on one level, pop-culture phenomena and on another, a deeply philosophical and satirical exploration of modern life. David Fincher's...

Like all game changers within the horror genre, SAW was an independent success, a low-budget champion that flourished without the patronage of a bi...

Like all game changers within the horror genre, SAW was an independent success, a low-budget champion that flourished without the patronage of a bi...

Fight Club is, on one level, pop-culture phenomena and on another, a deeply philosophical and satirical exploration of modern life. David Fincher's...

At the time of its release in 2007, The Bourne Ultimatum was described by one writer as the blockbuster it was 'okay to like'. What is it about thi...

The story of an all-female caving expedition gone horribly wrong, The Descent (2005) is arguably the best of the mid-2000s horror entries to return...

The story of an all-female caving expedition gone horribly wrong, The Descent (2005) is arguably the best of the mid-2000s horror entries to return...

No-one who has ever seen the original The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) is ever likely to forget the experience. An intense fever dream (or night...

No-one who has ever seen the original The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) is ever likely to forget the experience. An intense fever dream (or night...

Brian De Palma's adaptation of Stephen King's debut novel, Carrie (1976), is one of the defining films of 1970s New Hollywood style and a horror cl...

Brian De Palma's adaptation of Stephen King's debut novel, Carrie (1976), is one of the defining films of 1970s New Hollywood style and a horror cl...

Few filmmakers could even attempt the fearlessness of Andrei Tarkovskys cinema and his most ambitious work, Stalker (1977), is arguably the most th...

The makers of Brainstorm (1983) spent more than a decade transferring the revolutionary concept of an empathy machine from page to screen, only for...

Ex Machina (2014) impressed critics and audiences alike with its bold ideas and all-too-realistic depiction of the unexpected consequences of const...

Few filmmakers could even attempt the fearlessness of Andrei Tarkovskys cinema and his most ambitious work, Stalker (1977), is arguably the most th...

Ex Machina (2014) impressed critics and audiences alike with its bold ideas and all-too-realistic depiction of the unexpected consequences of const...

In this accessible introduction to early and silent cinema, which is currently enjoying a renaissance, both academically and in the popular imagina...

In this accessible introduction to early and silent cinema, which is currently enjoying a renaissance, both academically and in the popular imagina...

In this accessible introduction to early and silent cinema, which is currently enjoying a renaissance, both academically and in the popular imagina...

When Candyman was released in 1992, Roger Ebert gave it his thumbs up, remarking that the film was scaring him with ideas and gore, rather than jus...

Witchfinder General (1968), known as The Conqueror Worm in America, was directed by Michael Reeves and occupies a unique place in British cinema. E...

A lively and engaging study of on-screen and off-screen performances of masculinity, focusing on well-known male actors in American film and popula...

Analyses mid-twentieth century British spy thrillers as resistance to political oppression'Espionage and Exile' demonstrates that from the 1930s th...

What links Italian neorealism to Django Unchained, French comic books to Third-World insurgency, and Bollywood song-and-dance to Eastern Bloc film ...

Explores the connections and tensions between Warner Bros. and the Roosevelt administration during 1933Harry and Jack Warner were among the most im...

One of the most visually striking traditions in cinema, for too long Expressionism has been a neglected critical category of research in film histo...

Exposing and illustrating how an ongoing engagement with nihilistic alienation may contribute to, rather than detract from, the value of life, Cine...

The first book-length English-language study of Hong Kong horror filmsDumplings stuffed with diabolical fillings. Sword-wielding zombies. Hopping c...